Practical Data Communications

The enterprise network environment; the OSI model and the data link layer; high level data link control (HDLC), typical link layer protocol; data network operations; basic data transmission I; data transmission II; the telecommunication network as a vehicle for data transport; the transmission of data over the analogue voice channel; data communications in the office environment - part 1; data communications in the office environment - part 2; wide area networks (WANs); frame relay; integrated services digital networks (ISDN); building and campus wiring and cabling for data communications; broadband data transport techniques; broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) and the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM); last-mile data distribution systems; network management for enterprise networks.